F-Secure has pin-pointed another
vulnerability
in the Apple OS X operating system. The first such malware for OS X
was reported last
week and targeted chat programs. This latest vulnerability, a
worm called OSX/Inqtana-A, takes aim at OS X's Bluetooth stack.

The chances of the worm spreading are
slim as Apple patched the vulnerability in May
of 2005. "It's disturbing to see a second worm for Mac OS X
so soon after the first, but it should be remembered that this is
only two compared to well over 100,000 viruses for Microsoft
operating systems. The good news is that Inqtana is not going to
spread successfully in the wild, but this announcement will still be
a shock to those in the Mac community who thought hackers were not
interested in their operating system," said Graham Cluely, a
consultant for Sophos.

OS X is not invulnerable to attacks,
but compared to users in the Windows world, Mac users have it pretty
easy.

"Well, we didn't have anyone in line that got shot waiting for our system." -- Nintendo of America Vice President Perrin Kaplan